Clinton Seen as Winner in November; Trump Inspires Anxiety  —  Most Americans expect that Hillary Clinton would prevail against her leading GOP opponent in November, while Bernie Sanders' chances are rated less well.  The thought of Donald Trump as president inspires high levels of public anxiety …

The Trumph of the Will  —  I wanted to make a couple related observations about this Donald Trump debate drama.  —  First, an admission.  —  When I heard last night that Trump was pulling out of the Fox News GOP primary debate I was quite certain he had every intention of finally attending tomorrow night's event.

More Arrests As FBI Negotiates With Remaining Militants  —  The FBI took three additional militants into custody Wednesday, as occupiers of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge began to trickle away from the site they have held for 26 days, and as the militants arrested Tuesday faced indictment in federal court.

Bernie Sanders's fiction-filled campaign  —  SEN. BERNIE Sanders (I-Vt.) is leading in New Hampshire and within striking distance in Iowa, in large part because he is playing the role of uncorrupted anti-establishment crusader.  But Mr. Sanders is not a brave truth-teller.

WHO leader: Zika virus ‘spreading explosively’  —  It is reasonable to estimate that there could be 3 million to 4 million cases of Zika virus in a 12-month period in the Americas, WHO official Dr. Sylvain Aldighieri said Thursday.  —  He cautioned that this is only an estimate …

An Unprecedented Threat to Privacy … Throughout the United States—outside private houses, apartment complexes, shopping centers, and businesses with large employee parking lots—a private corporation, Vigilant Solutions, is taking photos of cars and trucks with its vast network of unobtrusive cameras.

France eyes business deals amid rights protests as Iran visits  —  France and Iran hailed the sale of dozens of Airbus planes, the renewal of a decades-old carmaking venture and an export credit deal as symbols of thawing relations on Thursday as protesters sought to get human rights onto the agenda.

Barbie's dress won't fit.  —  I'm sitting in a bright pink room at Mattel's headquarters in El Segundo, Calif., playing with a Barbie that only 20 people in the world know exists.  Her creation has been kept so secret that the designers code-named the endeavor Project Dawn so that even their spouses …

Campaigning in style: How Jeb Bush blew through his warchest  —  There were stays at boutique hotels featuring rooftop pools, private soirees at members-only, jacket-and-tie clubs and fundraisers at the Four Seasons, the St. Regis and the Mandarin Oriental.  —  In the world of Jeb Bush …

Anne Frank's stepsister: ‘Donald Trump is acting like Hitler’  —  Eva Schloss, 86, is an Auschwitz survivor and the stepsister of Anne Frank.  Both Frank and Schloss were Jewish refugees in Amsterdam together and the pair played together as children until their families were forced into hiding in 1942.

The admiral in charge of Navy intelligence has not been allowed to see military secrets for years  —  For more than two years, the Navy's intelligence chief has been stuck with a major handicap: He's not allowed to know any secrets.  —  Vice Adm. Ted “Twig” Branch has been barred from reading …

A Suspension for Melissa Click  —  Protests at the University of Missouri in November Jeff Roberson / AP  —  Just days after being charged with assault, Melissa Click, the University of Missouri assistant professor of communications who tried to kick student journalists out of a protest in November …

Ted Cruz Gathers Hundreds To Oppose Abortion  —  DES MOINES, IOWA — Banning abortion and withdrawing federal funding for Planned Parenthood were the main themes of Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz's rally Wednesday night in West Des Moines, where several hundred Iowans literally spilled …

Chicago Police Hid Mics, Destroyed Dashcams To Block Audio, Records Show  —  CHICAGO — Why are so many police dashcam videos silent?  —  Chicago Police Department officers stashed microphones in their squad car glove boxes.  They pulled out batteries.  Microphone antennas got busted or went missing.